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July 19, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-259
Sponsored By: Angela Powell, Charles Cavell, Marcia Gershenson, Michael Gingell, Robert Hoffman, Janet
Jackson, Karen Joliat, Adam Kochenderfer, Penny Luebs, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Gwen Markham,
David Woodward, Philip Weipert, Michael Spisz, Yolanda Smith Charles, Gary McGillivray, William Miller
III, Kristen Nelson, Chuck Moss
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Recognizing August 3, 2022 as Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS August 3rd marks Black Women's Equal Pay Day or the approximate day a Black woman must
work into the new year to make what a white non -Hispanic man made at the end of the previous year; and
WHEREAS almost six decades after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau data show that
women working full-time, year-round are paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns, while Black women
working frill -time, year-round are paid 63 cents; and
WHEREAS the pay disparity Black women face is part of a wider set of disparities that Black women face in
homeownership, unemployment, poverty, access to childcare, and the ability to accumulate wealth; and
WHEREAS nearly two-thirds of workers paid the minimum wage or less are women and the concentration of
women in low -wage jobs is a significant contributor to the wage gap; and
WHEREAS the lack of family friendly policies, such as access to affordable, quality childcare, paid family and
medical leave, paid sick days, and fair and predictable work schedules, forces many caregivers to choose
between providing for their families financially and ensuring their loved ones receive quality care, and
contributes to the wage gap; and
WHEREAS the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women
and women of color, with women losing the majority of jobs lost since March 2020, leaving the workforce at
three times the rate as men for childcare purposes, and with women and women of color experiencing the
lowest rates of employment in decades; and
WHEREAS true pay equity requires a multi -faceted strategy that addresses the gendered and racial injustices
that Black women face daily; and
WHEREAS equal pay strengthens the economic security of families and enhances retirement savings; and
WHEREAS when women are paid fairly, families are stronger, businesses prosper, and American values and
the economy are strengthened.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
recognizes the disparity in wages paid to Black women and designates August 3, 2022, as Black Women's
Equal Pay Day in Oakland County.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Angela Powell, Charles
Cavell, Marcia Gershenson, Michael Gingell, Robert Hoffman, Janet Jackson, Karen Joliat, Adam
Kochenderfer, Penny Luebs, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Gwen Markham, David Woodward, Philip
Weipert, Michael Spisz, Yolanda Smith Charles, Gary McGillivray, William Miller III, Kristen Nelson,
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Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-07-12 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - Recommend to Board
2022-07-19 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Kristen Nelson seconded by Commissioner Michael Gingell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Recognizing August 3, 2022 as Black Women's Equal Pay Day.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary
McGillivray, Robert Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (21)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 19, 2022, with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland Conno? Clerk/Register of Deeds
